And here I am at home! Next door you can see the neighbor happily blowing the snow away with his little tractory thingie. I can see home and warmth, and the end of a far too long journey home.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
December 13th storm 7
I realize this is up backwards, but I'm posting it as I'm telling the story, and for me it's forwards! I kinda like doing that Chris Nolan style storytelling, anyway.
So I'm on my own street finally, and I've forgotten that it's freezing cold. I'm jazzed to see that everything is covered with this thick layer of virgin white. I can see that the orange of the street lights is reflecting around everywhere and it's way brighter out than it ever is at night otherwise.
December 13th storm 5
So eventually, I ended up back at the original stop, and waited through about three overcrowded busses coming by & me being unsuccessful at getting on. When I did finally get on a bus, it turned out it was the same bus I had missed the first time, and it was on its next trip through the route from the one I had not made it onto. Usually, this route takes less than an hour, but this was over 3 hours later.
Anyway, I got home well after dark, but with the storm still going strong. There's something about the first snow of the season that doesn't suck at all, though. I find it beautiful. There's a different quality to the sound, there's a quality to the light, as the snow crystals bounce the light around, and I just find myself stopping and staring in wonder.
December 13th storm 4
argh.
When I got to the bus stop, I realized that everything was affected. I spent some time here at this stop, waiting for a good long while for any bus at all to come. When the bus did finally show up, it became immediately clear that I wasn't gonna get on it. So I desided to waste a little time, and maybe even try an alternate route. But it was no go. I went to Central Square, and that seemed even worse.
December 13th storm 3
As I made my way through Harvard's campus, I realized that everyone had had the same idea.
December 13th storm 1
The first big snow of the season started about the middle of the day on December 13th. The boss emailed me and said, "You should go home early." Lesley was closing, which they hardly ever do, so I got out of work about 2:30 and started the commute home.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)